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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Bohemian Scarf

In my stash were 3 skeins of Patons Bohemian, a super-soft fuzzy yarn in a fabulous orange called copper chaos. I whipped up this boa style scarf on big needles with 10 stitches across. Really easy and very cool....

Only 6 stitches remain on the needles, 3 on each side of the cast off stitches.

Pull 3 stitches off the needles and unravel one loop at a time down the side of the scarf, with each loop, make a knot at the base of the loop, pulling it tight so the knot is close to the body of the scarf. Work your way down the side of the scarf, making loppy knots all the way down. Repeat the loops on the other side, dropping the 3 edge stitches there too, and knotting the loops until all are done.

12 comments:

Anonymous
said...

I made this scarf twice but the third one the loops got twisted, half way down on one side.....it looks like I might have started pulling the loope on the 2nd row instead of the first.....can i straighten it out somehow....they are interwined with each other....the one side is fine...can i pull out where i ended off??? thank you

I fixed a couple of scarves that had this problem... ultimately it is difficult, but you could break the yarn (not near the body of the scarf, but near the outside edge. Then untangle the knots then tie in the overhand knot to finish the fringe like you normally do. Trim the excess fringe if it is too long. good luck.

The last three photos show: 1 three stitches ON the needles at each side.2: working one side, drop off the three stitches and gently unravel one loop at a time all the way down the scarf, 3: tying in an overhand knot at each set of loops.

I'm new to knitting so forgive me, I love the look of this and want to try it. I'm also not certain I understand about unraveling the loops down the side. BUT, when you are finished, is the body of the scarf narrow (the 4 stitches you casted off in the middle) and the three on each side make the loops?

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I golf, knit, sew, felt and work in the Beautiful Niagara Region, the banana belt of Canada. I work in the optical field, and love to combine fashion and great vision in eyewear. I golf 4 times a week, 8 months a year, with a couple of golf trips south in the winter. I knit, and sew, and felt, most of the other hours of the day.
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